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Let me tell this to you. No normal company operating in Germany can write in their internal rules that relationships between executives and subordinates are for
by therealmarv 9y ago
Let me tell this to you. No normal company operating in Germany can write in their internal rules that relationships between executives and subordinates are forbidden (maybe the military can do this). This is against the law "Persönlichkeitsrecht". If it affects visible the work for others then it can have consequences but the knowledge alone that an executive and subordinate have a romantic relationship cannot be declared as wrong in Germany. Another example for prove: http://www.bottroper-anwalt.de/artikel/liebe-arbeitsplatz-was__1440.html http://www.bottroper-anwalt.de/artikel/liebe-arbeitsplatz-wa...
- dpark 9y agoI find this bizarre. Relationships with subordinates are problematic in normal businesses for the same reason as in the military: it opens up an avenue to pressure subordinates into an undesired relationship.
- therealmarv 9y agowell in the military you always have less personal rights ;)
- dguaraglia 9y agoThere is no law saying that relationships between managers/reports are forbidden. There is a huge potential for liability though, and any company with a legal team worth their salt will try to set some rules around it. That said, if Germany explicitly forbids setting rules... well, that's neither here nor there.